Biography
Resource Center Use this Gale (InfoTrac) database to research
important people of the Cold War era.
To use Biography Resource
Center at home, enter a library card number
from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
CNN:
Cold War Detailed information on subjects
such as the Iron Curtain, Marshall Plan, Korean War,
Sputnik, Cuba, Vietnam, China, and the Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan. Learn about the Cold War experience
from articles, images, streaming video, maps, and
timelines.
Nuclear
Files Issues and history of the nuclear
age, including the Cuban missile crisis and the cold
war.
China:
50 Years of Communism A special report from BBC News.
Scroll down for article titles, which each have additional
links.
Red-Color
News Soldier Li Zhensheng, a Chinese photographer,
chronicles his odyssey through the cultural revolution.
You need to scroll right to view the photographs,
and mouse-over each for an explanation.
Fast
Attacks & Boomers The Smithsonian presents an exhibition
of submarines in the Cold War.
Cold
War Civil Defense Museum This virtual museum offers bomb
shelter inventories and tours, official posters from
the Office of Civil Defense, and audio files of radio
warnings.
Human
Radiation Experiments The U.S. Dept. of Energy tells
the agency's Cold War story of radiation research
using human subjects.
Russian
Roulette A PBS Frontline report on the safety
and security of Russia's nuclear arsenal in the post-Cold
War era with historical information about the Cold
War.
Berlin
Wall The Freedom Forum tells the story
and includes a timeline, streaming video and differing
news reports from East and West.
The
Wars for Vietnam, 1945-1975 This Vassar College site includes
an overview, important documents and links to other
sources.
Cuban
Missile Crisis History Out Loud presents audio
files (Real Audio required) and history of this incident
.
To use Modern World History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password.